University of South Carolina professor hacks Courier-Journal online poll to 'get the discussion going'

5:23 PM,
Mar. 23, 2013

Duncan Buell

Written by

Mark Vanderhoff
| The Courier-Journal

An unscientific online poll conducted on The Courier-Journal's website was hacked Thursday by two University of South Carolina students and a professor.

The poll, hosted by Polldaddy, asked website viewers, "Should overseas U.S. military personnel be allowed to vote via the Internet?" It referred to an initiative by Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes to make voting easier for overseas personnel.

Although most respondents had voted "yes" Thursday afternoon, the poll showed 91 percent opposed by the time it was taken down Friday by The Courier-Journal. By that time, ...